Local Networking With Access To The Internet; Local Networking With Access To A Remote Office - 3Com OfficeConnect 3C8861 User Manual

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HAPTER NTRODUCTION
Local Networking with
Access to the Internet
Local Networking with
Access to a Remote
Office
Users can share access to the Internet while continuing to network locally, as
shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1 Local Networking with Internet Access
Users can share access to a remote office LAN while continuing to network locally,
as shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2 Local Networking with Access to a Remote Office LAN
OfficeConnect
Hub 8 TPO
Port Status Network Utilization Office 3 Com
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Connect
PWR PKT COLL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 COAX
1% 2% 3% 6% 12% 25% 50% 80% Hub
Alert green = link OK, off = link fail, yellow = partition
OfficeConnect
56K LAN modem
Alert PWR AA CD RD SD OH
OfficeConnect™
56K LAN Modem
Internet/Intranet
online service
Public telephone
network
LAN STATUS
3 Com
OfficeConnect™
Tx Coll 1 2 3 4
ISDN LAN Modem
Analog POTS line
or